Registering attachment for barbers  chairs



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J. P. MEYER. REGISTERING ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS CHAIRS.

Patented Apr. {3, 1890.

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J. P. MEYER. REGISTERING ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS CHAIRS] No. 424,992.

Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

flui-ll UNITED STATES JOSEPH P. MEYER, OF R PATENT OFFICE.

OCHESTER, NEV YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,992, dated April 8, 1890.

Application filed February 24, 1888. Serial No. 265,201. (No model.)

T0 00% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH P. MEYER, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Registering Attachments for Barber-Chairs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this application.

The object of my invention is to register the operations of shaving, haircutting, and shampooing in barber-shops, so as to protect the proprietor against the frauds of the employs, as well as to exhibit in a simple manner the amount of business done.

It consists in the construction and arrangement hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a barber-chair exhibiting my invention, portions being shown in section to eX- hibit the interior arrangement. Eig. 2 is an elevation of the back of the chair, portions also being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewof the chair-back. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are detail views.

In this invention a pin located in the back of the chair projects through the back and has to be retracted or withdrawn into the back before the subject can assume the position in the chair necessary for the operations of shaving, hair-cutting, or shampooing. At each withdrawal of the pin the chair registers one operation.

The construct-ion is as follows:

A designates the base, and B the body, of a barber-chair.

O is the seat, and D the back.

The body is pivoted or hinged to the base at a, so that it can be tilted back in the usual way.

E, Fig. 1, is the apparatus for indicating the successive operations of shaving, the same being located on the side of the chair near the front.

E is the apparatus for indicating the operations of hair-cutting and shampooing, the same being located on the back of the chair near the top.

The construction of each of these devices is as follows: 4

b is a disk having a scale of figures c marked thereon near the edge.

d and f are two spur gear-wheels of unequal size, located on the same axis with the disk and attached to shafts g 71 one being hollow, resting on the other, and each turning independently.

wand are two pointers or hands attached, respectively, to said shafts. These two pointers move over the face of the disk and register, one in units and the other in higher dcnominations.

Z is a ratchet-wheel provided with a circular set of pins forming gear-teeth m, that engage with and give motion to the large gear (l. The movement of the ratchet-wheel one notch produces a corresponding movement of the large gear d one tooth forward and a corresponding movement of the pointer 7; one unit in the scale.

a, Fig. 6, is a lever pivoted at o and provided at its outer end with a pawl 19, pivoted thereto and held by a springj, the upper end of the pawl engaging with the teeth of the small gear-wheel f. At every up movement of the pawl the gear f is turned one tooth forward, and its pointer 71 registers one notch on the scale.

(1 is a small pin projecting from the side of the large gear (Z, and r is an incline on the top of lever n, which said pin strikes. At every full revolution of the large gear d the pin q will strike the incline r, consequently throwing the pawl 13 and operating the small gear f one notch forward. By this means the registry is kept in two denominations, so that a great number may be registered.

The register for indicating the operation of shaving is located on the body portion of the chair, preferably on the side of the scat-rail near the front.

H, Fig. 1, is a segment-bar concentric with the pivot to of the chair, the same being at tached to the stationary base A and extending up past the registering apparatus.

5 is a weighted dog pivoted to the segment and standing in such a position that when the chair swings up in tilting back the outer end of the dog catches one of the teeth of the ratchet Z and turns the ratchet one notch. \Vhen the chair is turned forward again, the dog 5 turns on its pivot as it strikes the ratchet and passes below the ratchet without moving the same. By this means the successive operations of shaving are registered.

t, Fig. 3, is a dog pivoted at a to some stationary part of the chair-back and provided with a pin 11, that projects outward through the front of the chair-back. The lower end of the dog on the rear side is provided with an incline w.

x is a rock-lever in the back of the chair, pivoted centrally at y and standing at right angles to the dog 6. It is so arranged that when its inner end is thrown down it strikes the incline w of the dog and forces the same forward and causes the pin o to project out through the chair-back. \Vhen the inner end of the lever is raised, the dog is released, and a spring ,2' throws the dog back and retracts the pin.

a is a rod, jointed or otherwise secured to one of the rails b of the chair-base A, the upper end extending up into the back of the chair and resting under the inner end of the lever 00 in such position that when the chair is tilted back the end of said rod will strike the end of lever 03 and force it up into the position indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 2, thereby releasing the dog If and allowing the pin it to retract to enable the sitter to lean back and rest easily in the chair.

0 is another rod in the chair-back, resting under the other or outer end of lever 00 and jointed at its lower end to a lever (Z Fig. 1, located within the flexible chair-seat C. The front end of lever (Z is jointed at f to the front rail of the seat.

9 is a stiff pad in the center of the seat, and h2 is a stem of same, pivoted centrally to the lever (1 i is a spring under the rear of lever (Z for throwing the same upward. hen a person sits on the seat, the lever (Z and consequently the rod 0 will be depressed; but when the person rises from the seat the rod 0 will be thrown up and its upper end will strike the outer end of the roek-leveroc and raise it from .the position shown in dotted lines to that shown in full lines, Fig. 2. This will project the pint out through the front of the chairback again.

J is the shank of the ordinary headrest, which shank runs down in a socket in the ch air-back,its edge coming near to the ratchetwheel Z and the inner end of the rock-leverx.

k and Z are two weighted dogs similar to the dog or pawl s and pivoted to one edge of the head-rest shank, said dogs passing freely down past the ratchet-wheel and rock-lever without moving them,but engaging with and moving them in coming up. The dog 7& operates the ratchet-wheel to give movement to the registering apparatus, while dog Z operates the rock-lever as to retract the pin o. Dog Z is shorter than dog k so as not to operate the ratchet-wheel when the head-rest is withdrawn from the chair-back. Rod 0 is provided near its upper end with an incline 011?, which strikes a corresponding incline n of the chair-back when forced up above a certain height, the object being to throw the end of the rod from under the rock-leverw and prevent too much movement of thelatter when it is thrown.

The operation is as follows: The person to be shaved sits in the chair, and when the chair is tilted back the registry is made on the indicator at the side of the chair, as before described. In the act of tilting the chair back the rod a strikes the rock-lever an and throws the same up, thus allowing the dog '6 to spring back and withdraw the pin '0, so that the person can recline at the back of the chair. To cut the hair, the chair is tilted forward, and the head-rest which was used in shaving is removed, and in the act of drawing it out the dog 71: strikes the ratchet Z and operates the indicator on the back of the chair and registers the operation. The operation of shampooing is commenced while the subject re mains in the chair; but in having the head washed he leaves the seat, and in doing so the pin v will be thrown out again. The head-rest has to be inserted and. operated once more in order to withdraw the projecting pin, which action registers a second time. The actions of registering the operations of hair-cutting and shampooing do not aifect the registering of shaving, for the reason that in hair-dressing the chair is not tilted back, but stands upright.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a barber-chair, the combination of the indicator E, the ratchet l, the pivoted dog It, provided with a pin 1;, which projects through the front of the chair-back, and the rocklever 00, arranged to operate in the manner and for the purpose specified.

2. In a barberchair, the combination of the indicator E, the ratchet Z, the pivoted dog 2', provided with pin o, the rock-lever an, the stationary rod a the movable rod 0 the lever (Z and pad g located in the seat, the whole arranged to operate in the manner and for the purpose specified.

In a barber-chair, the combination of the indicator E, the ratchet Z, the pivoted dog if, provided with pin t, the rock-lever w, and the head-rest shank J, provided with the pivoted dogs k Z arranged to operate in the manner and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH I. MEYER. 

